Cancer - News Archive
October 2017
Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer
- Machine learning identifies breast lesions likely to become cancer
- Read this Consumer Update to learn about breast cancer treatments for men.
- Insulin Glargine/Breast Cancer Link Seen Again in Type 2 Diabetes
- Breast Cancer Metastases to the Thyroid Gland
- How is breast cancer related to the axillary lymph nodes?
- Cribriform breast cancer: What to know
- Cholesterol byproduct hijacks immune cells, lets breast cancer spread
- Cold therapy may be effective at controlling cancer treatment side effects
- Older Patients With Breast Cancer Still Overtreated With RT -- Why?
- Cancer diagnosis: 11 tips for coping
- Norman Sharpless sworn in as director of the National Cancer Institute
- Battling flames increases firefighters' exposure to carcinogens
- A gene therapy that turns cells into "living drugs" has been approved by the F.D.A. for adults with aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
- To Prevent Ovarian Cancer, Focus on the Fallopian Tube
- Weight-Loss Surgery May Curb Risk for Certain Cancers
- Talcum Powder/Ovarian Cancer Lawsuit Award Overturned
- Therapeutic form of arsenic is a potential treatment for deadly type of brain cancer
- Matchmaking with consequences: When cells become cancerous
- Cancer recurrence may be stopped with immunotherapy
- Leukemia: Cancer cells killed off with diabetes drug
- Cancer relapse linked to body's own immune system
- Scientists reveal the relationship between sugar, cancer
- How can you cope with a cancer diagnosis?
- Cancer Humor
- Liquid biopsy for retinoblastoma
- 'Super tumor suppressor' found to prevent pancreatic cancer
- New compound kills cancer without harming healthy cells
- Many Women With Disabilities Don't Get Cancer Screening
September 2017
Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer
- Chemo-loaded nanoparticles target breast cancer that has spread to bone
- Study examines characteristics of mobile mammography patients
- Drug combo gangs up to take on triple-negative breast cancer
- Mastectomy Study Confirms 'Jolie Effect'
- Long-Term Nerve Damage Possible after Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer
- Brain powered: Increased physical activity among breast cancer survivors boosts cognition
- Surgeons Play Big Role in Women's Choices for Breast Cancer Care
- Immunotherapy treatment option for selected breast cancer patients, genetic study suggests
- Multivitamin use may cut risk of chemo-induced neuropathy
- Triple-negative breast cancer: What you need to know
- Higher-Dose RT Ups Local Control in Cervical Cancer
- Screening for cervical abnormalities in women offered HPV vaccination
- USPSTF: Pap Test or HPV Test, Not Both, For Most Cervical Ca Screening
- Vaccine to prevent most cervical cancers shows long-term effectiveness
- New study finds improved vaccine that protects against nine types of HPV is highly effective
- Low-Tech Outreach Methods Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening
- New research on probiotics in the prevention and treatment of colon cancer
- Here's the Recipe to Keep Colon Cancer at Bay
- Radiation and Chemotherapy Together Boost Lung Cancer Survival
- Cigarette smoke may 'prime lung cells' to develop cancer
- Melanoma cells rewire to resist drug treatment
- Treatment-resistant melanoma may be vulnerable to a drug holiday, study finds
- Advanced melanoma: Groundbreaking trials could transform treatment
- Researchers discover why redheads are more prone to melanoma
- Breast cancer: smoking cessation reduces all-cause mortality
- Ca Survivors Less Likely to Get Best Care for Heart Attack
- Cancer survivors: Care for your body after treatment
- Frequent ejaculation and prostate cancer: What's the link?
- Bone marrow protein a 'magnet' for passing prostate cancer cells
- Prostate cancer: Could a breast cancer drug reduce recurrence?
- Prostate cancer: PSA screening does lower death risk, says review
- Liver cancer patients can start with lower dose of chemotherapy and live just as long
- Blood tumor markers may warn when lung cancer patients are progressing
- Light-based cancer therapy moves through clinical trials
- Cancer Distress May Lead to Missed Appointments
- Brain cancer growth halted by absence of protein
- Researchers identify new target, develop new drug for cancer therapies
- Cancer treatment can affect your food preferences
- Double agents: Vessels that help cancers spread can also boost immune therapies
- Here's What Is (and Isn't) Linked to Cancer
- Widening Waistlines May Raise Women's Cancer Risk
- New Guideline Aims to Help Doctors Diagnose Head, Neck Masses
- Cancer Drugs' High Prices Not Justified by Cost of Development, Study Contends
- Killing cancer with vitamin C: Hype or hope?
- Some stroke survivors may have underlying cancer
- Glowing cancer tool illuminates benign, but dangerous, brain tumors during pituitary surgery
- Zika virus could be used to treat brain cancer patients, study suggests
- Cancer: Existing drug may prevent treatment-induced infertility
August 2017
Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer
- Bringing the Investigational Breast Cancer Drug Endoxifen from Bench to Bedside with NCI Support
- Modified Stem Cells Deliver Chemotherapy to Metastatic Tumors
- Researchers developing drug for recurring ER-positive breast cancer
- High cholesterol diagnosis tied to lower breast cancer risk
- Could Urban Lighting Raise Breast Cancer Risk for Some Women?
- How decision-making habits influence the breast cancer treatments women consider
- Targeted radiotherapy limits side effects of breast cancer treatment
- New compound boosts treatment for aggressive breast cancer
- Exercise Improves Cognitive Function in Breast CA Survivors
- Young breast cancer patients undergoing breast conserving surgery see improved prognosis
- DCIS: Genomic Profiling Beats Nomograms in Predicting Recurrence
- Fat rats show why breast cancer may be more aggressive in patients with obesity
- Is an anticancer drug helping cancer to spread?
- Colon Cancer Deaths Up for White Adults Under 55
- FDA Approves Nivolumab for Some Metastatic Colorectal Cancers
- New approach to genetic testing leads to dramatic response in MET fusion lung cancer
- A blood test can predict early lung cancer prognosis
- Vitamin B linked to increased lung cancer risk
- Researchers develop faster, more accurate test for liver cancer
- Advanced NSCLC: RT Plus Immunotherapy Extends Survival
- Most melanomas grow as new spots, not from existing moles
- Artificial intelligence helps with earlier detection of skin cancer
- Skin cancer and rashes: Cancerous and precancerous lesions
- New terahertz imaging approach could speed up skin cancer detection
- Blacks with prostate cancer less likely to get ideal treatment
- Prostate cancer testing: has the bubble burst?
- Heat therapy to aid the treatment of cancer, organ transplant and autoimmune diseases
- Cell culture system could offer cancer breakthrough
- Researchers discover new immunotherapy combination effective at killing cancer cells
- Belly fat protein may cause cancer
- Most Breast-Ovarian Cancer Patients Miss Genetic Tests
- High Doses of Vitamin B Linked to Lung Cancer IncreaseIn Esophageal Cancer, Women Have Stronger Responses
- On the other hand, the immune system can also cause cancer
- Trial to test new drug in patients with advanced cancer
- Using unproven methods to tackle cancer could be deadly
- Death rates far higher for 'alternative' cancer cures: study
- For post-menopausal women, vaginal estrogens do not raise risk of cancer, other diseases
- New treatment approved for deadly blood cancer
- Vitamin C may encourage blood cancer stem cells to die
- Two-step process leads to cell immortalization and cancer
- FDA expands use of AstraZeneca/Merck ovarian cancer drug
- New Pathology Atlas maps genes in cancer to accelerate progress in personalized medicine
- Study boosts hope of 'liquid biopsies' for cancer screening
- For Cancer Patients in the ER, Delirium Linked to Poor Outcomes
- Why drugs don't reach cancer cells: Researchers develop technology to provide answers
- Increased endometrial cancer rates found in women with high levels of cadmium
- Vitamin therapy may help prevent melanoma
- Early drivers of gastric cancer
- New cancer drug reduces tumor size by 'up to 50 percent'
- AstraZeneca gets breakthrough status for blood cancer drug
- Jargon Muddies Radiology Reports, Including About Cancers
- Comprehensive sequencing program shows promise of precision medicine for advanced cancer
- "Code blue" equals lower survival for cancer patients
- New avenue for precision cancer treatment discovered
- Gum Disease May Be Linked to Cancer Risk in Older Women
- Could a turmeric extract help to treat pancreatic cancer?
- Gene-regulatory factors shown to improve pancreatic cancer response to chemotherapy
- Should Women Forgo Ovarian Cancer Screening?
June 2017
Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer
- When Is Risk Highest for Women With Breast Cancer Gene Mutations?
- Could Certain Hair Dyes, Relaxers Raise Breast Cancer Risk?
- Breast and ovarian cancers: Large study improves estimates of genetic risk
- Why treating breast cancer with less may be more
- Breast Cancer in Men: Treatments and Genetic Counseling
- Trastuzumab Emtansine Improves Survival in Previously Treated Metastatic HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
- Aspirin may cut breast cancer risk for women with diabetes
- Asian Women Less Likely to Get Follow-up After Abnormal Mammogram
- Sex and Intimacy After Breast Cancer
- New treatment hope for women with BRCA1 breast cancers
- New chemotherapy approach offers breast cancer patients a better quality of life
- Immunotherapy drug effective for metastatic triple negative breast cancer
- Olivia Newton-John Announces Breast Cancer Has Returned
- Surgeon Who Inflated Breast Cancer Risk Jailed for 15 Years
- TCGA study of liver cancer reveals potential targets for therapy
- Report looks at liver cancer, fastest-growing cause of cancer deaths in US
- Blood Test to Target Prostate Cancer Treatment
- Prostate cancer: Three-in-one blood test could fuel personalized treatment
- Adding abiraterone to standard treatment improves prostate cancer survival by 40 per cent
- Secondhand Smoke Still Plagues Some Cancer Survivors
- Topol: Patient-Generated Data Improve Survival in Landmark Cancer Trial
- Many Doctors Silent on Cost of Cancer Care
- Big Gap in Cancer Deaths Between Rich, Poor Countries
- Targeting immune cells that help tumors stay hidden could improve immunotherapy
- Grape extracts may protect against colon cancer
- OK to Stop Cancer Screening, Say Elders
- Targeting immune cells that help tumors stay hidden could improve immunotherapy
- Indoor tanning still accessible to young people—despite bans
- Experimental cancer drug shows promise
- Cancer treatment during childhood linked to cognitive problems later in life
- No Need for Lymphadenectomy in Advanced Ovarian Cancer
- Testicular cancer: Genetic test steps closer
- Five years before brain cancer diagnosis, changes detectable in blood
- Precision therapy enasidenib effective in treating deadly form of leukemia
- Practice-Changing Study for Melanoma Surgery
- Innovative therapy strategy for pancreatic cancer uses engineered exosomes targeting mutated KRAS gene
- Red onions pack a cancer-fighting punch, study reveals
- Potential target for treatment of aggressive brain cancer identified
- Mining cancer data for treatment clues
- Infographic: What are Cancer Disparities?
- Standard dosage for one lung cancer treatment may be too high
- New target found to attack an incurable brain tumor in children
- Ovarian cancer drug delivers 'very promising' results in early trial
- Study Identifies Genetic Mutations in Tumors From 10,000 Patients with Metastatic Cancer
- Simple Epigenetic Test Could Identify Anal Cancer
May 2017
Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer
- Drug Xeloda Prolongs Survival for Some Breast Cancer Patients
- Since the 1990s, Metastatic Breast Cancer Survival Is Up
- Just one small glass of wine per day increases breast cancer risk
- Untreated Breast Cancers Do Not Spontaneously Vanish
- Prolonged Tamoxifen Surpasses Oophorectomy in Breast Cancer
- Digital Tomosynthesis: A 'New, Better Mammogram'?
- Three-week radiation therapy treatment given post mastectomy is safe and effective
- Low-Dose Aspirin May Lower Risk for Common Breast Cancer by 20 Percent
- New tech promises easier cervical cancer screening
- Older Women May Stop Cervical Cancer Screening Too Soon
- Discovery in fight against bowel cancer
- Overweight Boys Face Higher Colon Cancer Risk as Adults
- 'Underwater' Colonoscopy Amplifies Polyp Detection
- Get Ready for Your 'Capsule Robot' Colon Cancer Check
- Suicide Risk Quadruples After Lung Cancer Diagnosis
- Biologists identify key step in lung cancer evolution
- Patients with non-small-cell lung cancer respond best to salvage chemotherapy when pre-treated with PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors
- First patient receives experimental immunotherapy for cancer
- Men need more frequent lung cancer screening than women
- New prostate cancer technology improves biopsy accuracy
- Radiation for prostate cancer: Types and side effects
- Possible correlation shown between the partial meltdown at TMI and thyroid cancers
- Innovative approaches to improve personalized radiation therapy for head and neck cancer patients
- New technique pinpoints the 'partners in crime' of cancer genes
- Can regular aspirin use reduce your cancer risk?
- Better cancer immunotherapy drugs through X-ray crystallography
- Tough, but tender, cancer fighters created in lab
- Drinking coffee daily may halve liver cancer risk
- Large Waist Raises Cancer Risk
- Study: A new way to slow cancer cell growth
- No Symptoms, but Raised Platelets -- Red Flag for Cancer?
- Thick Middle May Raise Risk of Some Cancers
- Regorafenib Becomes First FDA-Approved Drug for Liver Cancer in Nearly a Decade
- Raised blood platelet levels 'strong predictor' of cancer
- Where body fat is carried can predict cancer risk
- This May Be The First New Cancer Indicator In 30 Years
- One in 5 cancers diagnosed in the United States is a rare cancer
- Antibody for fighting cancer emerges
- Hope for 1st Drug Against Lymphedema, a Cancer Complication
- Ovarian Cancer: Clot Risk High in All Phases of Treatment
- Collection of Patient-Reported Outcomes Feasible in Cancer Clinical Trials
- A Movie Instead of Anesthesia for Kids' Radiation Therapy
- Not All Hospitals Equal When It Comes to Pancreatic Cancer Care
- At last, a clue to where cancer metastases are born
- New study challenges formaldehyde cancer findings
- First extensive immune profile of sarcomas shows some likely susceptible to immunotherapy
- Stereotactic radiation highly effective for kidney cancer
- National group wants cancer warning labels on acid reflux drugs
- Researchers use math to develop personalized chemo treatments
- Scientists develop novel chemical 'dye' to improve liver cancer imaging
- Immune cells play crucial role in brain cancer development
- Combination therapy could provide new treatment option for ovarian cancer
April 2017
Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer
- Worldwide statistics on breast cancer: Diagnosis and risk factors
- Metastatic breast cancers: Characterizing the profile of metastases for improved treatment
- Pathologic complete response to neoadjuvant therapy in breast cancer patients predicts low risk for local metastases
- Physicians' misunderstanding of genetic test results may hamper mastectomy decisions
- Breast thermography: Technology, benefits, and cancer signs
- Mortality up with depression just before breast cancer diagnosis
- Surgeons Hesitate to Discourage Prophylactic Mastectomy
- Epithelial Proliferation in Biopsies Tied to Breast Cancer Risk
- Physicians' misunderstanding of genetic test results may hamper mastectomy decisions
- Clinicians Not Following Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines
- Biomarker identified for likely aggressive, early stage breast cancer
- When the doctor recommends against the surgery a breast cancer patient wants
- Women with healthy BMI may have higher risk of breast cancer
- Foods to eat and foods to avoid to fight breast cancer
- New method for early screening of colorectal cancer
- Delay a Needed Colonoscopy at Your Own Risk
- Research paves way for improved colorectal cancer test
- 30% reduction in deaths from bowel cancer
- Bowel cancer: New function of known biomarkers discovered
- Many Disabled Adults Aren't Screened for Colon Cancer: Study
- Misdiagnosing Lung Disease Is Far Too Common, Poses Many Risks
- Tracking unstable chromosomes helps predict lung cancer's return
- New blood test offers potential for faster, targeted treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer
- New study proves one lung cancer subtype can switch to another
- PSA Testing Rates for Prostate Cancer Have Leveled Off
- Should Prostate Cancer Screening Start Earlier for Black Men?
- Local Therapy and Improved Survival in Metastatic Prostate Cancer
- Discuss Prostate Screening with Your Doctor, Experts Now Say
- Biomarker could lead to personalized therapies for prostate cancer
- Prostate cancer: Urine 'sniff test' may reduce unwarranted biopsies
- Are Primary Care Physicians Missing Cancer Symptoms?
- FDA cracks down on sham 'miracle' cancer treatments
- Fighting cancer with immunotherapy: Signaling molecule causes regression of blood vessels
- Cancer risk rises after childhood organ transplant: study
- FDA Warns 14 Companies on Bogus Cancer 'Cures'
- Study identifies hundreds of genes that influence timing of puberty and alter risk of several cancers
- Second cancers deadlier in young patients
- Patients Vary Widely on Adjuvant Chemo -- Critical to Ask
- Cloud Over Pediatric Oncologist and Brain Cancer Vaccine
- Research team discovers how immunotherapy can fight some cancers
- Really, Men With Prostate Cancer Do Yoga
- The Further Immortalization of Henrietta Lacks
- Specialized blood vessels enhance tumor-fighting immunotherapy
- New study offers hope for more effective treatment of leukemia
- Potential new treatment found for 'chemo brain'
- Precision Medicine Pioneer Targets Earlier Cancer Detection
- Brain cancer vaccine appears safe in small trial
- Aspirin to Prevent Cancer: What to Tell Patients
- Study finds worse survival when specific thyroid cancers spread to bone
- Immunity against melanoma is only skin deep
- Immune system can spot tell-tale change in identity of cancer antigens, study shows
- Specialized blood vessels enhance tumor-fighting immunotherapy
- Ovarian cancer: Effective immunotherapy steps closer with new T cell study
- Telomere length predicts cancer risk
- Cancer burden may be changing for people living with HIV
- A one-two punch hits pancreatic cancer where it hurts
- In 2030, the Top Cancer in HIV Patients May Be a Surprise
- 'Excited': Reaction to Advanced Melanoma Combo
- New gene-based blood tests identify more skin cancers
- Cancer mortality rates continue to drop, according to national report
March 2017
Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer
- Breast Cancer Prediction Tool Can Reduce Morbidity, Drastically Cut Costs
- Preventive Mastectomy Rates Vary by State
- Smokers May Be Prone to Risks From Breast Cancer Radiation Therapy
- BRCA Testing Has Skyrocketed, but Misses High-Risk Women
- New approach for breast cancer treatment explored
- Novel approach can reveal personalized breast cancer treatments
- Significant increase in number of women tested for BRCA gene, but many high-risk patients still missing out
- How Breast Density Affects a Mammogram
- New Wellness App Might Help Lower Breast Cancer Risk in Women
- Prognostic Tests for Prediction of Breast Cancer Recurrence
- ASCO Guidelines on Adjuvant Bisphosphonates in Breast Cancer
- Safe Way to Save $164 Million a Year in Breast Cancer
- Pregnancy Not Tied to Worse Breast Cancer Outcome
- Reducing radiation could safely cut breast cancer treatment costs
- 1 in 5 patients with breast cancer could benefit from existing treatment, genetic study reveals
- Diabetes drug may be effective against deadly form of breast cancer, study suggests
- How 'cannibalism' by breast cancer cells promotes dormancy: A possible clue into cancer recurrence
- Male breast cancer discovery could improve treatment
- Women at high risk for breast cancer more likely to get MRI when informed directly
- History of exercise helps prevent heart disease after breast cancer
- Med Diet Cuts Some Breast Cancer Risk by 40%
- Shorter Herceptin breast cancer treatment may produce better results
- Early Colorectal Cancer: Missing the Clues?
- Family history of colon cancer calls for earlier screening
- New alternative to colonoscopy is as easy as swallowing a pill
- Lifestyle choices condition colon and rectal cancer risk more than genetics
- Colorectal cancer statistics, 2017
- Lung Cancer Vitals for March 2017
- CTCs Detect Lung Cancer Recurrence 6 Months Before Scans
- Metastatic lung cancer: Symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment
- Study shows that antioxidants may reduce lung cancer risk
- FDG PET/CT found useful in certain lung cancer patients
- Scientists report genetic test to help predict men at most risk from aggressive prostate cancer
- MRI use may "change the equation" for prostate cancer screening
- New insights into side effects can help prostate cancer patients choose treatments
- Prostate Cancer Treatments Have Varying Side Effects, Study Shows
- Metastases, Not Death, New Benchmark in Prostate Cancer?
- Prostate Cancer and Vasectomy Not Linked…But With One Caveat
- Single dose of brachytherapy may be an effective treatment for localized prostate cancer
- Higher Cancer Deaths in Patients With Learning Difficulties
- New US Cancer Staging System Debuts in 9 Months
- Largest ever brain cancer study reveals new secrets to inherited risk
- Clinical trial finds that vitamin D, calcium have no effect on cancer risk
- Georgia Cancer Center participates in NCI-driven initiative to understand racial, ethnic, age disparities in six cancers
- Targeted Cancer Drug May Also Help Protect Fertility, Study Suggests
- Melanoma Incidence, Mortality on the Rise
- Study finds 12 genetic variants that raise the risk of ovarian cancer
- Most Cancers Caused by Random DNA Copying Errors
- State of Cancer Care in US -- 'Far From Adequate'
- Thyroid cancer: treatment and prognosis
- Helping Cancer Caregivers Help Themselves
- Obesity in Youth Tied to Higher Odds for Liver Cancer in Men
- Stem-Cell Based Tool May Help Measure Heart Toxicity of Cancer Drugs
- Scripps Florida scientists develop new drug delivery method for cancer therapy
- Sticker Shock Forces Cancer Patients to Skip Treatment
- Start Palliative Care at Diagnosis for Kids With Cancer
- Hodgkin Lymphoma Survivors Face Risk of Second Cancer: Study
- Vitamin C can target and kill cancer stem cells, study shows
- Targeting cancer stem cells improves treatment effectiveness and prevents metastasis
- Rare Melanomas Prove 'Hard to Get' Using Immunotherapy
- A new way to reset gene expression in cancer cells shows promise for leukemia treatment
- Breakthrough discovery may make blood test feasible for detecting cancer
- Doctors begin new clinical trial treating cancer with 70p malaria drug
- Known Cancer Prevention Strategies Must Be Implemented
- Muscle Composition Metric May Help Predict Chemo Toxicity
- Early deaths from childhood cancer up to 4 times more common than previously reported
- Absent tumor-suppressors allow melanoma to thwart immunotherapy
- Scientists stimulate immune system, stop cancer growth
February 2017
Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer
- Scientists identify chain reaction that shields breast cancer stem cells from chemotherapy
- Novel breast tomosynthesis technique reduces screening recall rate
- Screening MRI benefits women at average risk of breast cancer
- Scientists identify chain reaction that shields breast cancer stem cells from chemotherapy
- More patients with early-stage breast cancer may be able to avoid chemotherapy in the future
- Schizophrenia Linked to Increased Breast Cancer Risk
- Researchers quantify immune cells associated with future breast cancer risk
- Researchers study patients' genetic and susceptibility risk factors for lymphedema
- Immune system plays dual role in breast cancer
- High-risk breast cancer patients fail to receive genetic testing
- Substantial or Modest? UK Breast Screening Cuts Deaths 21%
- Blood test that detects changes in tumor DNA predicts survival of women with advanced breast cancer
- Understanding when eating soy might help or harm in breast cancer treatment
- Screening, HPV vaccine can prevent cervical cancer: FDA
- HPV vs Pap test for cervical cancer screening: Strong evidence calls for new protocols, say experts
- Statins do not benefit patients with lung cancer, new study shows
- Discovery of a new gene critical in the development of lung and pancreatic cancers
- Smoking cessation counseling successful when paired with lung cancer screening
- Lung cancer screening rates remain very low among current and former smokers
- Lung Cancer and Your Bones
- Older lung cancer patients face significant treatment burden
- Colorectal cancer statistics, 2017
- One-off bowel scope cuts cancer risk for at least 17 years
- Heart Risks May Boost Women's Colon Cancer Risk, Too
- Blood Test Instead of Biopsy for Metastatic Prostate Cancer
- Shape of prostate and compartments within may serve as cancer indicators
- New radiotracer could make diagnosing prostate cancer faster and easier
- It Adds Up: AD Therapy a Game Changer for Prostate Cancer
- Shape of prostate and compartments within may serve as cancer indicators
- Humorous Sun Safety Campaign Aims to 'Help a Dane' Abroad
- Questions Over Adjuvant Ipilimumab in Melanoma
- Quality of life with those with advanced cancer improved through walking
- Many cancer survivors change their prescription drug use for financial reasons
- Cancer survivors find online and telephone communication with health care professionals beneficial
- Childhood Cancer Survivors Living Longer
- Tanning devices cost US healthcare $343 million a year
- Rare but fatal pediatric brain tumor may be stopped with new molecule
- Screening high-risk women may reduce risk of advanced ovarian cancer diagnosis
- Cancer: New way of tracking rare T cells should improve immunotherapy
- Broad cancer vaccine may be out of reach
- Measuring patients' muscles to predict chemotherapy side effects
- Death rates from cancer will fall faster in men than in women in Europe in 2017
- Incarceration linked to excess burden of cancer, new study finds
- Hormonal maintenance therapy may improve survival in women with chemo-resistant rare ovarian or peritoneum cancer
- Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy 'Sufficient' in Endometrial Cancer
- Potential New Cancer Therapy Could Target Tumors Two Ways
- Early Cancer Diagnoses Decline During Trying Economic Times
- Researchers kill brain cancer in mice with combination immunotherapies
- Regional chemotherapy technique for extremity sarcoma salvages limbs from amputation
- Researchers identify new process to raise natural armies of cancer-targeting T lymphocytes
- An alternative theory on how aspirin may thwart cancer
- Study reveals how melanoma spreads
- Patient self-checks are critical to avoid potentially deadly melanoma recurrence
- Hospital program demonstrates significant cuts in cancer care costs
- Childhood cancer treatment may hinder later-life sexual relationships
- Brain Tumor: Types, Symptoms, and Treatment
- What You Don't Know About Cancer Can Kill You
- Immunotherapy Tops Cancer Advances Again
- Potential new drug class hits multiple cancer cell targets, boosting efficacy and safety
- Scientists reveal potential way of boosting immune system's memory to fight cancer
- Vitamin D discovery could prove key to new treatments for metabolic disorders and certain cancers
January 2017
Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer
- Adjuvant Therapy: What You Need to Know
- Needed: Better Framework for Value of HER2 Agents
- 'Chemo Brain' Lasts for Months in Many Breast Cancer Survivors
- Spread of triple-negative breast cancer could be halted with existing drug
- Tucatinib (ONT-380) progressing in pivotal trial against HER2+ breast cancer
- Breast cancer patients report 'chemo brain' is a substantial problem
- Scripps Florida scientists develop drug discovery approach to predict health impact of endocrine-disrupting chemicals
- Study finds substantial rate of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy when procedure not indicated
- Exercise May Extend Survival in Metastatic Colon Cancer
- New sensor integrates inflammatory bowel disease detection into colonoscopy procedure
- Marker for Prostate Cancer That Needs Aggressive Therapy
- For men with prostate cancer, emotional distress may lead to more aggressive treatment
- Is There a Link Between Diabetes and Pancreatic Cancer?
- Breath test could help detect stomach and esophageal cancers
- Project to replicate landmark cancer studies meets mixed results
- National Cancer Institute unveils new effort to speed drugs to researchers
- How To Be An Effective Cancer Educator
- Opinion: How do we solve the crisis in cancer communication?
- More Chemo May Not Equal Better Outcomes in Ovarian Ca
- Prolonged exposure to work-related stress thought to be related to certain cancers
- Malaria drug successfully treats 26-year-old brain cancer patient
- Study reveals why cancer cells spread within the body
- New genes identified that regulate the spread of cancers
- Cost, technology issues are barriers to real-time cancer patient symptom reporting
- New genes identified that regulate the spread of cancers
- A novel cancer immunotherapy shows early promise in preclinical studies
- Surprise advance in the treatment of adult cancers
- Halting lethal childhood leukemia
- Has the Affordable Care Act reduced socioeconomic disparities in cancer screening?
- Fat fuels the road to cancer cell spread
- Immunotherapy, gene therapy combination shows promise against glioblastoma
- Promising new drug stops spread of melanoma by 90 percent
- New pharmacon allows testicular tumors to shrink
- Direct-to-brain chemo better than systemic drugs when immunotherapy is to follow
- Study potentially explains vulnerability of young cancer patients to treatment toxicities
December 2016
Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer
- Bioinformatics brings to light new combinations of drugs to fight breast cancer
- Doctor Advice (or Lack) Key to Mastectomy Decision
- Minority Women Less Likely to Get Breast Cancer Screening
- Developing a Multidisciplinary Team for Breast Cancer Care
- Drug Combo Promising in Recurrent Ovarian Cancer
- Radical new view of ovarian cancer implicates a ‘neglected’ origin
- New test could detect ovarian cancer patients who are strongly responding to treatment
- Levels of DNA in blood test correlated with ovarian cancer outcomes
- Ovarian Cancer Drug Given Fast-Track Approval
- Hope for metastatic prostate cancer patients: Targeted alpha therapy shows impressive results
- Light therapy 'a huge leap forward' for early prostate cancer treatment
- Vitamin E and selenium don't prevent polyps that can lead to colorectal cancer
- Metabolite that promotes cancer cell transformation and colorectal cancer spread identified
- State, regional differences in melanoma rates 2003 vs 2013
- Genetic complexity of cancer cells within the same tumor
- Scientists use magnetic stem cells to fight cancer
- Top Oncology News 2016 Quiz: Which Cancer Was It?
- Treating cancer with drugs for diabetes and hypertension
- Long-term anti-inflammatory drug use may increase cancer-related deaths for certain patients
- Fat fuels the road to cancer cell spread
- Aging and cancer: An enzyme protects chromosomes from oxidative damage
- New study explains how low-dose aspirin may prevent cancer
- In Cancer Trials, Minorities Face Extra Hurdles
- Women Uncertain About Giving Up Annual Cervical Cancer Screening
- U.S. Melanoma Rate Is Rising, Study Finds
- Many Cervical Cancer Patients in US Don't Receive Optimal Care
- Hog jowls and clementines: A bid to awaken cancer patients’ ruined sense of taste
- New Targeted Therapies Show Promise for Treating Advanced GIST
- Racial disparities found in major surgeries at quality-improvement hospitals
- Underserved Populations 'Left Out of Lung Cancer Screening'
- Daily Low-Dose Aspirin May Cut Pancreatic Cancer Risk
- Early surgery increases risk of death for some uterine cancer patients, Penn study finds
- Tumor DNA in blood may serve as prognostic marker of pancreatic cancer
- Routine blood test predicts how long cancer patients will survive
- FDA Approves Nivolumab for Head and Neck Cancer
- New role for Hippo pathway in suppressing cancer immunity
- Alcohol intake associated with increased risk of melanoma
- Cancer patients take comfort in peer stories on online forums
- Magic mushroom compound may help ease cancer-related depression
November 2016
Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer
- New strategy may drop cancer's guard
- Breast cancer screening 'should not be stopped based on age'
- Breast Cancer and Precision Medicine: Clin Onc News Report
- Anti-Inflam Diet After Breast Cancer Curbs CVD Mortality
- Breast Lump Removal: What to Expect, Recovery
- Stereotactic Breast Biopsy: What Happens, Results, and Outlook
- New Standard in ER+ Breast Cancer, but How to Proceed?
- Vitamin D Levels Tied to Breast Cancer Survival
- Vitamin D may increase survival for breast cancer patients
- High-risk early breast cancer: no survival benefit for dose-dense chemotherapy
- One in six women diagnosed with breast cancer have a symptom other than a lump
- Scientists develop 'world-first' 3D mammary gland model
- Genotyping for HPV 16/18 May Help Triage Minor Cervical Lesions
- Scientists advance a novel urine test to predict high-risk cervical cancer
- Researchers find key to drug resistant bowel cancer
- Colon Capsule Endoscopy Accurate in Polyp Detection
- Colon CA Prognosis Impacted by Side of Origin
- Scientists step closer to halting spread of lung cancer
- More Immunotherapy Options Approved for Lung Cancer
- New imaging method can detect, monitor and guide treatment for, prostate cancer
- Why are black men missing from prostate cancer research?
- Prostate cancer: Johns Hopkins study supports new 5-tier GS grading system
- Prostate cancer: Protein that controls cell energy production a disease driver
- Prostate Exam: How is it Done and Who Should Have One?
- Marker for aggressive prostate cancer doubles-up as a drug target
- Second Opinions Don't Seem to Sway Prostate Cancer Patients
- Stanford researchers develop new compound to reduce tumor growth
- Palliative Care Improves QOL but Not Survival
- In highly lethal type of leukemia, cancer gene predicts treatment response
- Researchers define, for the first time, how the cancer cell of origin controls invasive, metastatic properties of tumor cells
- Rural Appalachia Faces Growing Cancer Crisis, Research Shows
- New territory analyzing DNA modifications in glioblastoma
- In highly lethal type of leukemia, cancer gene predicts treatment response
- NCI’s Office of Cancer Survivorship: Celebrating 20 Years, Planning for Continued Progress
- New information on how brain cancer spreads
- Large-scale cancer gene profiling is feasible but faces barriers
- Cough virus kills liver cancer cells and hepatitis virus
- Glowing tumors help surgeons cut out brain cancer with precision
- Expensive new cancer drugs have little effect on survival of many cancers
- Tumors reprogram the liver, causing wasting and short-circuiting body's immune response
- Little Effect from Vax Mandates on Teen HPV Immunizations
- Current Research on Immunotherapy in Bladder Cancer
- Cervical cancer: does pregnancy at diagnosis affect survival?
- The Evolving Role of the Advanced Practice Nurse in Oncology: A Conversation With Lillie Shockney
- Age at Cancer Diagnosis Key in Determining Later Cardiac Risk
- Routine School Vaccine Requirements Raise HPV Shot Rates, Too
- Few Childhood Ca Survivors Ever Fully Recover
- Additive in Processed Foods Tied to Colon Cancer in Mice
- Powerful Cancer Drugs Linked to Rare Heart Risks
- FDA Accept Biologics Application for Subcutaneous Rituximab
- HHS Updates Carcinogen Report with Cancer-Causing Viruses, Substances
- Web-Based Intervention May Help Cognitive Symptoms in CA Survivors
- Promise of better targeted treatments now possible in children's brain cancer
- New discovery in understanding chemotherapy resistance could prevent cancer cells fighting back
October 2016
Breast Cancer
Cervical Cancer Lung Cancer
Breast Cancer
- Older and younger women benefit equally from breast reconstruction after mastectomy
- Follow-up Imaging Lacking for Many After Breast Cancer Surgery
- Tamoxifen, AI therapies linked to reduced risk for contralateral breast cancer in community health care setting
- How breast cancer screening could be better and less painful
- Night shift work 'does not raise breast cancer risk,' study finds
Cervical Cancer Lung Cancer
- Peripheral Neuropathy Common and Challenging in Lung Cancer
- Neoadjuvant immunotherapy prior to surgery is safe, feasible in early lung cancer
- Blocking Ran protein reverses resistance of lung and breast cancers
- Test for Postoperative Radiation Response in Prostate Cancer
- Use of PSA for prostate screening unaffected by changes in screening guidelines, research finds
- Promise of better targeted treatments now possible in children's brain cancer
- New discovery in understanding chemotherapy resistance could prevent cancer cells fighting back
- Smoking Kills, OK, But How Much Does it Kill?
- With cancer genome sequencing, be your own control
- Patient Empowerment and End-of-Life Planning: The Role of the Nurse Navigator
- 3-D tumors grown in the lab provide new perspective for cancer drug discovery
- Association Between Timing of Initiation of Adjuvant Therapy and Survival of Early-Stage Ovarian Cancer
- The Adolescent With Terminal Cancer
- Cancer Risk Reduction in the Trenches: PCPs Respond
- Southern Discomfort: Smoking-Related Cancer Deaths
- Fast Five Quiz: Colorectal Cancer
- New tool for cancer patients measures the stress of expenses
- High response rate in phase I/II pediatric brain cancer trial sets stage for combination therapy with higher response, lower toxicity
- Cancer treatment as a double-edged sword
September 2016
Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer
- For family members at risk of BRCA-linked cancer, a $50 test
- Obamacare tied to rise in mammograms
- Breast Cancer Protection by Oophorectomy in BRCA1, BRCA2 Carriers
- Which U.S. counties have the highest rates of breast cancer?
- New way of testing drugs could speed up development of breast cancer treatments
- How a small implanted device could help limit metastatic breast cancer
- Insurers may insist on counseling before genetic tests for breast cancer
- Breast cancer switchbacks
- New targets to attack aggressive cancers
- HPV Vaccine More Effective Than Thought: Study
- A Doctor's Words Key to Whether Child Gets HPV Vaccine
- Hormone Therapy for Prostate Cancer Less Safe for Men With Prior Heart Attack
- How Does Prostate Cancer Affect Sex?
- No Link Found Between Vasectomy, Prostate Cancer Risk
- Fusion targeted prostate biopsy proves more accurate in diagnosis of prostate cancer
- A gene defect as a potential gateway for targeted prostate cancer therapy
- It may be time to abandon dreaded digital rectal exam, research shows
- Recycling approved drugs for cancer treatment
- Genetic switch for cancer cells' immortality revealed
- Heart disease exercise program could work for bowel cancer patients
- Ovarian cancer death rates have dropped in the U.S.: Here’s why
- 6 Types Of Cancer Caused By HPV
- Conflicting Interpretation of Cancer Genetic Test Results Common
- Cancer-causing metal found in drinking water in Bergen, Passaic counties, report says
- HPV Vaccine Linked to Population Benefit
- Early diagnosis for ovarian cancer
- Which Colon Cancer Screening Test Is Best?
- High-calcium, low-lactose diet may reduce risk of ovarian cancer in African-American women
- Anxiety: Risk factor for death from cancer in men
- Perkins researchers turn on cancer killing genes
- Meeting Patients Where They Are: Liberating Clinical Trials Data Under the Cancer Moonshot
- Childhood Cancer Death Rates Continue to Fall: CDC
- Brain cancer now leading childhood cancer killer
- High factor sunscreen can decrease the risk of melanoma by 33%
- Computer program beats physicians at brain cancer diagnoses
- Fighting cancer with space research
- Cancer patients not getting adequate pain relief
- New T cell subsets with potential to improve cellular therapy for cancer identified
- Study examines cancer rates among World Trade Center-exposed firefighters
- Research suggests potential role for vitamin A in pancreatic cancer
- Ovarian cancer vaccine: Can it prevent recurrence?
- Approach May Allow for Stem Cell Transplant without Radiation, Chemotherapy
- Scientists have discovered a specific molecular biomarker for malignant melanoma
- Deaths from ovarian cancer decline worldwide due to oral contraceptive use
- Obesity linked to improved survival in kidney cancer
- 10 Essential Facts About Lymphoma
- Liver cancer risk influenced by blood selenium levels
August 2016
Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer
- Cancer treatment side effects influenced by patient expectations l
- Molecular switch may sensitize triple-negative breast cancers to immunotherapy
- Radiologists detect breast cancer in 'blink of an eye'
- Study links two genes to breast cancer survival
- New DCIS consensus guideline could curb unnecessary breast surgery and reduce health system costs
- Prevalence of estrogen receptor mutations in patients with metastatic breast cancer
- Drug sensitivity restored in breast cancer tumors
- Research suggests new tool for cancer treatment based on cell type
- NCCN: 'Consider' Tomosynthesis for Mammography Screening
- New study shows breast tumors evolve in response to hormone therapy
- Research reveals patient can have more than one breast cancer, points at treatments
- Mayo researchers identify breast microbiome/bacterial differences between healthy and cancerous tissue
- Insurance, distance often prevent breast reconstruction after cancer
- Vitamin A Compound Might Aid in Colon Cancer Fight
- Retinoic acid suppresses colorectal cancer development, Stanford study finds
- Molecule prevents effect of chemotherapy
- Hispanic men in California need more screening for colorectal cancer, Study finds
- Routine colonoscopy is anything but for most of us
- Smokers with newly discovered genetic markers have higher lung cancer risk
- In Lung Cancer, Training Computers to Be Pathologists
- Breath Test for Lung Cancer: Research Makes Headway
- Lung Cancer: Precancer Tests Showing Early Promise
- New way to inhibit development of lung cancer
- Imaging tests could provide helpful information for genetically linked lung cancer
- More evidence ties insurance coverage to cancer survival
- Cancer Survivors More Prone to Obesity, Study Finds
- The laser probe, the iKnife, and the cutting edge of surgery
- Another reason to lose weight: Obesity-cancer link reaffirmed
- Hepatitis and Liver Cancer Video
- Study finds links between physicians setting cancer care guidelines and drug industry
- Cancer Prevention Overview
- Being overweight, obese linked to increased risk of eight more cancers
- Normalizing tumor oxygen supply could be key factor in the fight against cancer
- Duration of Adult Obesity Affects Cancer Risk in Women
- Will you age well? It might depend on your parents' lifespan
- Immunotherapy: a New Weapon Against Cancer
- Why Doctors Want A Computerized Assistant For Cancer Care
- Cancer Overtaking Heart Disease as Europe's Biggest Killer
- Chronic Symptoms After HPV Vaccine: Part of Wider Syndrome?
- Most Women Are Confused About Cancer Screenings
- Cancer Research: Outside the Ivory Towers
- The Link Between Obesity And Surviving Cancer
- Pancreatic cancer resists personalized medicine-what researchers are doing to fight back
- Blocking the migration of cancer cells to destroy them
- Two sodas a day raises cancer risk, study finds
- Researchers uncover complex genetic secrets of cancer risk
- Discovery of a novel gene for hereditary colon cancer
July 2016
Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer
- Uncovering a new principle in chemotherapy resistance in breast cancer
- Fat cells may play key role in battle against breast cancer
- Younger age, lymph node removal: Risk factors for pain after breast cancer surgery
- Hops extract studied to prevent breast cancer
- Cutting nerves during breast cancer surgery is associated with chronic pain
- Researchers developing quick, inexpensive test to assess ER+ breast cancers
- Acupressure reduced fatigue in breast cancer survivors
- Breast cancer survivors not always clear about follow up care | Fox News
- Breast cancer gene' BRCA1 linked to aggressive uterine cancer
- Genetic cause of 15 percent of colorectal cancer diagnoses identified
- Follow-Up of Colorectal CA Screens Lacking in Older Patients
- Engineered human colon model could aid in cancer research
- Genetic mutations found linked to rare cases of multiple bowel tumors
- Regulatory T cells' involvement in the progress of colon cancer
- A 'tragically underused' weapon in the cancer fight
- HPV vaccine reduced cervical abnormalities in young women
- Metastatic prostate cancer cases skyrocket: More lax screening rather than more aggressive disease?
- New findings concerning hereditary prostate cancer
- Where did it all go wrong? Scientists identify 'cell of origin' in skin cancers
- Genes Tied to Red Hair, Pale Skin Greatly Raise Melanoma Risk?
- How to pick the right sunscreen - and which ones to avoid
- Everything You Need to Know About the Pap Smear
- Genetic profiling increases cancer treatment options, Sanford Health study finds
- Indoor tanning rates among New Jersey teens remain stable following state enactment of under age 17 ban
- Can Big Data Launch Cancer Research?
- China approves use of GSK vaccine Cervarix for cervical cancer
- Some adolescent cancer survivors may require more comprehensive mental health screening
- Simple measures reduce risk of death in cancer patients in ICU
- Genetic drivers of immune response to cancer discovered through 'big data' analysis
- Why Some Cancer Research Data Isn't Shared
- Soda and other sweet drinks tied to risk for some rare cancers
- Higher risk of cancer before and after diabetes diagnosis
- Heart failure after first heart attack may increase cancer risk
- Advertising by US cancer centers soars over the past decade, new analysis shows
- Nearly 1 in 12 patients with a common cancer develop a second, unrelated malignancy, study finds
- New 'game plan' for oncologists reflects rapid advances and need for immediate information
- Many men ignore testicular cancer symptoms for months
June 2016
Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer
- Method to reroute lymphatic system may help lymphedema treatment
- Extended Adjuvant Therapy Beneficial for Some Women with Breast Cancer
- Has breast MRI been performed upside down?
- Breast cancer: Existing drug shows promise for prevention in high-risk women
- Breast cancer diagnosis improves with help from artificial intelligence
- Why Aren't Women Told About New, Better Way To Detect Breast Cancer? A Real Scandal
- New research provides hope for patients with hard-to-treat breast cancer
- Research explains the role of the gene BRCA1 in DNA repair
- New compound shows potential for triple-negative breast cancer
- Study may help reassure women taking tamoxifen for breast cancer
- Diabetes drug Metformin holds promise for cancer treatment and prevention
- Landmark study gives clearest picture of genetic causes of bowel cancer
- New Guidelines Say Don't Skip Colon Cancer Screenings
- U.S. preventive services task force updates recommendations regarding screening for colorectal cancer
- People can choose their colon cancer screening method: U.S. panel
- Updated Surveillance Colonoscopy Guidelines: The Gastro and Endo News Report
- New pre-surgery technique may make colostomy bags redundant for emergency bowel cancer patients
- Middle-aged more likely to be diagnosed with advanced lung cancer
- Lung cancer patients who have surgery live longer
- The Moonshot Blue Ribbon Panel: Moving Toward a Final Report
- OncoBreak: Blood Cancer Pipeline Fills; Prevention Works; 3D-Printer Wigs?
- New knowledge about DNA repair can be turned into cancer inhibitors
- Cancer Cells Can Be Passed Between Individuals And Between Species
- An effective but painful treatment
- Tumor cells develop predictable characteristics that are not random, say Moffitt Cancer Center researchers
- Cancer-preventing protein finds its own way in our DNA
- Coffee unlikely to cause cancer, but very hot drinks could
- New Tool Predicts Cancer Patient Survival Time
- It's Time for 'Precision Prevention' of Melanoma
- Young cancer survivors are more likely to smoke than people without cancer history
- Laser ablation becomes increasingly viable treatment for prostate cancer
- Family doctors have poor knowledge of lung cancer screening, study says
- Oncology Value Framework Moves Toward Test
- Cancer: A step towards a universal cancer vaccine
- Ovarian Cancer: HMT Extends Survival
- Collaboration demonstrates potential treatment breakthrough for advanced brain cancer
- FDA approves first blood test to detect gene mutation associated with non-small cell lung cancer
- Imaging biomarker distinguishes prostate cancer tumor grade
- One in 5 women with ovarian cancer does not undergo surgery, Penn study reveals
- 'Collective Wisdom' on Display at ASCO 2016
- New study suggests healthy lifestyle habits plays a role in preventing cancer
- FDA Approves First Immunotherapy for Lymphoma
- Palliative, hospice care lacking among dying cancer patients, Stanford researcher finds
- New study lays groundwork for potential new anti-cancer therapy
- VP Biden Addresses Oncologists, Urges Collaboration
- Giving chemotherapy after radiotherapy improves survival for patients with rare brain tumour
- T-cell receptor sequencing reveals novel biomarkers for ovarian cancer
- Trial shows improved 5 year survival for pancreatic cancer patients
- Chemotherapy and exercise: The right dose of workout helps side effects
May 2016
Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer
- Testing non-breast cancer genes in high-risk women leaves more questions than answers
- Use of complementary, alternative medicine affects initiation of chemotherapy
- Stopping cancer in its tracks
- New approaches to eradicate aggressive breast cancers
- High fruit intake during adolescence linked with lower breast cancer risk
- Snoring, lack of sleep may reduce breast cancer survival
- Mouse study: Triple-therapy cocktail shrinks triple-negative breast tumors
- Identification of a chemotherapy resistance factor in breast cancer patients
- Racial Disparities in BRCA1/2 Testing Among Women With Breast Cancer
- Breast cancer cells flushed out of hiding
- First large-scale proteogenomic study of breast cancer provides insight into potential therapeutic targets
- Study finds breast and ovarian cancer may have similar origins
- Many young adult female cancer survivors need more information and support to preserve their fertility
- Findings light the way for new treatments in colitis, colon cancer
- Ovary removal may increase the risk of colorectal cancer
- Changes needed to increase access to colorectal cancer screening
- Colon cancer: Primary tumor location predicts survival
- A little excess weight may boost colon cancer survival
- Time to Drop the 'No-Eating Rule' Before Colonoscopy?
- Blood Test Shows Promise as Colorectal Cancer Screen
- Survival Disparities Identified in Young African Americans with Colorectal Cancer
- Study Finds Uptick in Young-Onset Colon Cancer
- Screening Boosts CRC Survival in Vets
- Prostate cancer screening guidelines called into question
- Radiotherapy halves deaths from prostate cancer 15 years after diagnosis
- Unrealistic expectations for many men with localized prostate CA
- Research findings reveal potential to reverse cancer-related nerve pain
- Study points to therapeutic target for common, aggressive ovarian cancer
- Tension-sensitive molecule helps cells divide chromosomes accurately
- Antibody appears to attack cancer cells, leaving other cells unscathed
- Pond scum and the gene pool: One critical gene in green algae responsible for multicellular evolution, understanding of cancer origin
- Starving cancer the key to new treatments, say scientists
- Study contradicts belief that cancer protects against Alzheimer's
- Study identifies potential treatment target for pancreatic cancer
- Exercise may reduce risk of cervical cancer
- Can Most Cancer Really Be Prevented?
- Cancer risk: Is it influenced by a healthy lifestyle?
- Drug that Jimmy Carter used shows promise for cancer treatment
- 'Sunscreen' Gene May Guard Against Skin Cancer
- Immunotherapy drug for bladder cancer approved by FDA
- A drug that uses the immune system to fight a common type of cancer just got approved
- Scripps Florida scientists show commonly prescribed painkiller slows cancer growth
- Deadly brain cancer genes identified
- Lung cancer survival rate increases by 73 percent if caught early
- Cancer immunotherapy 'takes the brakes off natural killer cells'
April 2016
Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center-led study finds explanation for some treatment-resistant breast cancers
- Breast density and outcomes of supplemental breast cancer screening
- How breast cancer cells slide to metastasis
- BRCA1 gene mutation linked to fewer eggs in ovaries
- Common Class of Breast Cancer Drugs May Not Trigger 'Chemo Brain': Study
- Is It Rational For Breast Cancer Patients To Have Bilateral Mastectomies?
- No increased risk of fatal cardiovascular events for breast cancer patients on newer hormone therapy
- Study finds explanation for some treatment-resistant breast cancers
- Breast Cancer Gene Might Lower Women's Fertility: Study
- Many Breast Cancer Patients May Not Need Chemo
- Vitamin D Deficiency May Promote Spread of Some Breast Cancers
- Potential effects of fertility treatments on breast density, cancer risk
- Cartilage protein may contribute to the development of breast cancer
- Genetic link confirmed between non-invasive breast cancer (DCIS) and development of invasive disease
- Dressed to kill: Tailoring a suit for tumor-penetrating cancer meds
- Molecular marker in healthy tissue can predict a woman's risk of getting the disease, research says
- More guidelines, uniformity in RT needed following chemotherapy, surgery in breast cancer
- Researchers discover novel risk factor in breast cancer protein 1 (BRCA1) for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
- New Treatment Target Identified for Key Prostate Cancer Driver
- Process that drives prostate cancer metastasis uncovered
- Drop in cigarette smoking linked to decline in prostate cancer deaths
- New research suggests early life factors could increase prostate cancer risk
- High-Dose Radiation and Low-Risk Prostate Cancer
- 93 percent of advanced leukemia patients in remission after immunotherapy
- MicroRNA pathway could lead to new avenues for leukemia treatment
- For some cancers, risk lower among kids of non-US-born Hispanic mothers
- Targeted Photoimmunotherapy Approach for Cancer Moves Forward
- Fighting Cancer With Killer T-Cells: 5 Developments To Watch
- Machine learning as good as humans' in cancer surveillance, study shows
- Precision medicine: is it becoming a reality for childhood cancer?
- Alcohol and processed meat linked to stomach cancer
- Taking aspirin could increase cancer survival by 20 percent
- Pembrolizumab Shows Promise in Patients with Rare Form of Skin Cancer
- Incidence of diagnosed thyroid cancer may be leveling off
- UCLA research suggests that gut bacteria could help prevent cancer
- Immunotherapy with live bacterium improves response rate in malignant pleural mesothelioma
- Study discovers link between cancer and autism
- Link between obesity, kidney cancer identified
- Protein discovered that spreads cancer
- High rate of cancer recurrence found in certain hepatitis C patients
- Researchers discover liver metastases have different radiation sensitivities
- Compound from unique blue-green algae could be key to next anti-cancer drug
- Researchers link higher levels of vitamin D to reduced cancer risk
- Run for your life: Exercise protects against cancer
- Test run finds no cancer risk from stem cell therapy
- Scientists discover a new mechanism of resistance to chemotherapy
- Chemotherapy And Radiation Combo Boosts Brain Cancer Survival Rates, Study Says
March 2016
Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer
- Vitamin D deficiency contributes to spread of breast cancer in mice, Stanford study finds
- Breast cancer: The mental trauma of severe disease
- Processed meat may increase the risk of breast cancer for Latinas, study finds
- Single dose of trastuzumab kick starts immune response in certain breast cancers
- Omega-3s could lower breast cancer risk in obese women, study suggests
- Cancer breakthrough? Drug combo eradicated breast cancer tumors in 11 days
- Multi-gene test identifies early breast cancer that may be spared chemo
- Adding ultrasound or tomosynthesis to standard mammograms can detect missed cancers in dense breasts
- Breast Cancer And Obesity Link Suggests New Treatment Approach
- Alcohol triggers breast cancer-causing gene
- Mammograms: Another way to screen for heart disease?
- Genetic changes could indicate an increase in tumour aggressiveness
- NIST develops first widely useful measurement standard for breast cancer MRI
- Small, regular dose of aspirin keeps colorectal cancer at bay
- Routine colonoscopies save lives
- Study explores how high-fat diet influences colon cancer
- Spanish researchers prove the great antitumoral potential of a compound derived from olives
- Not Just a Man's Disease
- Early detection tools promise to reduce the financial burden of lung and colorectal cance
- New treatment reduces precancerous polyps in hereditary cancer patients
- Cancer cells' evasive action revealed
- Study identifies possible marker for lung cancer chemotherapy
- Carbohydrates linked to increased risk for lung cancer
- Researchers find a new genetic target for most common lung cancer
- High numbers of patients in poorer countries are missing lung cancer tests and treatment
- Prostate cancer and radiotherapy: second malignancy risk?
- Surgery improves survival rates for men with prostate cancer if radiation treatments fail
- Prostate cancer detection from urine RNA steps closer
- Scientists distinguish molecules most capable of fighting prostate cancer
- Opinion Makers: Revisiting the USPSTF Decision on PSA Tests
- Cancer treatment on a cellular level
- Toward diagnosing diseases such as cancer in their earliest stages
- A new weapon in the fight against children's brain tumors developed at U-M
- Researchers find Achilles' heel of a severe form of childhood leukemia
- New trial launched to test cancer vaccine
- Type 1 diabetes raises risk for certain cancers, study finds
- Herbal remedies may be risky for cancer patients
- Rice scientists synthesize anti-cancer agent
- Final review of health problems that may be linked to Agent Orange exposure during Vietnam War
- U.S. Cancer Death Rate Continues to Fall
- Cancer Overtakes CVD as Leading Cause of Death in Half of US
- Long-term Aspirin Tied to Small Drop in Overall Cancer Risk
- Cancer death rates decreasing nationwide
- Keeping Pace: How New Data Can Affect Ongoing Clinical Trials
- Why some tumors withstand treatment
- Conflicting expectations result in failure of young girls completing HPV vaccinations series
- Cellular protein plays important role in aggressive childhood cancer
- Neurofeedback reduces pain, increases quality of life for cancer patients suffering from chemotherapy-induced neuropathy
- The financial burden of surviving cancer
- Microneedle patch delivers localized cancer immunotherapy to melanoma
- Cancer cells show resilient nuclear rupture repair, but expose weakness in doing so
- Team achieves breakthrough in diagnosis of melanoma skin cancer
- Childhood chemo: how does it affect fertility later in life?
- Study: Free pap screening does not increase participation
- Cancer Survival in the United States and Canada
- Gene variant may contribute to increased cancer risk in African-Americans
- Obama Task Force Director On The Cancer 'Moonshot' Initiative
- Genetic changes could indicate an increase in tumour aggressiveness
- Choosing to die at home does not hasten death for patients with terminal cancer
- New Strategy for Treating Advanced Ovarian Cancer Shows Promise in Mice
February 2016
Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer
- Physical parameters matter in cancer cells' metastatic ability
- Preventive surgery for women at high risk of breast, ovarian cancer
- New Guidelines for Breast Cancer Survivors
- Gene previously observed only in brain is important driver of metastatic breast cancer
- Genetic Testing For BRCA Breast Cancer Gene On The Rise In Young Women; Does It Even Influence Treatment Decisions?
- Increasing BRCA testing rates in young women with breast cancer
- Indoor Tanning and Melanoma Risk: Oncotherapy Network & Cancer Network
- Omega-3 fatty acids may lower breast cancer risk in postmenopausal obese women
- Turning down the volume on cancer
- Time between positive fecal blood test and colonoscopy varies widely
- Recommendations Developed for CRC Screening in Primary Care
- Only a minority of cancer cells affect the growth and metastasis of tumors
- Radon: Facts, Exposure and Effects
- 'Gene fusion' mutation uses three-way mechanism to drive childhood brain cancers
- Not enough kids receiving the recommended three doses of HPV vaccination
- Long-term cancer survivors still need guidance about screening, side effects, lifestyle
- New nanotechnology detects biomarkers of cancer
- Gene switch may repair DNA and prevent cancer
- Study finds mechanism by which obesity promotes pancreatic and breast cancer
- Prospective Study Links HPV Detection in the Mouth to Head and Neck Cancer
- Biden gathers forces to end cancer: Can he make a difference?
- Drug combination may treat most aggressive lung cancer
- Cancer death rates show wide geographic variation
- Younger T cells may improve immunotherapy for children's cancer
- Potential therapy for most aggressive type of lung cancer in preclinical models
- Colorectal cancer patients need colonoscopy after cancer resection
- Connection between anal cancer, HPV
- Cancer study is 'paradigm shift' in cause of tumor formationNCI-DOE Collaboration Paving Way for Large-Scale Computational Cancer Science
- Scientists Have a New Way to Fight Cancer: Blowing It Up
- Colonoscopy Complications Occur at Surprisingly High Rate
- Indoor Tanning and Melanoma Risk: Oncotherapy Network & Cancer Network
- Scientists successfully train immune system to kill cancer
- Cancer cure? T cell therapy targets disease
- Discovery lays the foundation to expand personalized chemotherapy for leukemia patients
January 2016
Breast Cancer
General Cancer News
Breast Cancer
- Study links high sugar intake to increased risk of breast cancer
- Travel distance is still a barrier to breast reconstruction after mastectomy
- New method for better treatment of breast cancer
- New breast cancer drug may be effective against other types of cancer
- Incidence of Radiation-Induced Breast Cancer Examined
- Doctor Says Delaying Mammograms Puts Lives at Risk
- Breast cancer study suggests new potential drug targets and combinations
- False-positive mammography results are common
- Recommendation to omit radiation therapy after lumpectomy is not frequently implemented
- Targeted axillary dissection of lymph nodes after chemotherapy improves staging accuracy of node-positive breast cancer
- Immune system takes long time to recover after breast cancer chemo
- Non-recommended screenings for prostate, breast cancer in older individuals
- Enhanced recovery program for colorectal surgery patients can save money for hospitals
- New potential treatment for colorectal cancer discovered
- Tumor suppressor gene promotes some colorectal cancers
- Virtual colonoscopy an alternative to fecal occult blood test and colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening?
- Link between obesity and increased risk of colorectal cancer revealed
- 1 in 7 colorectal cancer patients diagnosed before recommended screening age
- Researchers kill drug-resistant lung cancer with 50 times less chemo
- Lung cancer affecting more nonsmokers
- Smokers With Pneumonia at Risk for Lung Cancer: Study
- Why prostate cancer is more aggressive in obese patients
- New tool to determine the risk of prostate cancer death
General Cancer News
- Cancer death rate continues steady drop
- Scientist identifies energy sensor as potential target for cancer drugs
- Improving access to clinical trials when biopsies are required
- Quickly identifying tumors by using antibodies
- Geographic Factors and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination Initiation Among Adolescent Girls in the United States
- Study finds how diabetes drug metformin inhibits progression of pancreatic cancer
- Straddling Conventional and Alternative Cancer Treatment - The New York Times
- Personalized vaccines may hold promise for ovarian cancer treatment | Fox News
- For Cancer Survivors, Expenses Keep Mounting
- New pen-sized microscope could ID cancer cells in doctor's offices and operating rooms
- Childhood cancer survivors face increased risk of metabolic syndrome and premature cardiovascular disease
- A new emerging hallmark of cancer
- New study creates first 3D vision of cancer target
- Study shows inferior outcomes for African-American pediatric lymphoma patients
December 2015
- NYU study identifies method for detecting latent stage of lymphedema
- Uncovering potentially 'concerning' variation in cancer screening follow-ups
- Immunotherapy drug more effective than chemotherapy in most patients with advanced lung cancer, study finds
- Younger age associated with increased likelihood of targetable genotype in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer
- Researchers develop new method for looking into the lungs
- New tool for detecting and measuring aggressiveness of prostate cancer
- FDA propose to ban use of tanning beds by under-18s
- TSRI and St. Jude scientists study single 'transformer' proteins with role in cancer
- IU researchers find magnesium intake may be beneficial in preventing pancreatic cancer
- Study finds that more than one-third of patients with metastatic cancer continue to work
- Probing the mystery of how cancer cells die
- American Cancer Society program increases healthy practices in the workplace
- Study shows test aids physicians in Tamoxifen drug monitoring, including non-compliance due to side effects
- Treating colon cancer with vitamin A
- Study uncovers hard-to-detect cancer mutations
- Analysis shows survival rates for patients with localized prostate cancer better with surgery compared to radiotherapy
- Research reveals promising novel strategy to target cancer-causing protein
- Low cost, safe and accurate test could help diagnose rare childhood cancers
- Type of electromagnetic field therapy improves survival for patients with brain tumor
- Medication protects fertility and defense system during chemotherapy
- New model of collaborative cancer research may help advance precision medicine studies
- Promising cancer therapy advanced by chemical explanation
- Common therapy for prostate cancer may raise risk of Alzheimer's
- Could a scan someday replace lymph node biopsy?
- Imaging test detects aggressive, treatment-resistant cancers
- Combined imaging modalities may change cancer management
- Cancer patients' access to minimally invasive hysterectomies remains persistently limited
- Racial disparities found in major surgeries at quality-improvement hospitals
- New guideline addresses long-term needs of breast cancer survivors
- Delaying chemotherapy in breast cancer patients reduces overall survival
- Why does tamoxifen work better in some women?
- Drugs prevent heart damage during breast cancer treatment, study shows
- Breast-conserving therapy yielded better outcomes than mastectomy for early-stage patients
- Study offers insights to how ovarian cancer grows -- and potential to stop it
- Taking antidepressants with cancer drug does not increase breast-cancer recurrence
- Medicaid expansion improves breast cancer screening for low-income women
- Female hormone supplements with estrogen and progestin linked to breast cancer risk
- Breast cancer gene BRCA1 may be involved in Alzheimer's disease
- False-positive mammograms may indicate increased risk of breast cancer later
November 2015
- Obesity not a factor in racial/ethnic variation in cancer screening compliance
- An ounce of cancer prevention is worth a moment of your attention
- Changes in cervical cancer stage at diagnosis and initial treatment among young women before and after ACA
- City-wide effort boosts NYC's colorectal cancer screening rates and eliminates racial disparities in screening
- Forecasting the path of breast cancer in a patient
- Breast MRI after mammography may identify additional aggressive cancers
- Study analysis shows screening for cervical cancer with Pap+HPV Together could provide better outcomes than screening with HPV alone
- Early cancer diagnosis balancing act for GPs
- Suicide rate significantly higher for patients with head and neck cancer
- Researchers find experimental drug can help fight debilitating side effect of ovarian cancer
- Global task force tackles problem of untreatable cancers and disease relapse
- Researchers identify a new mode of drug resistance to emerging therapies in prostate cancer
- Socioeconomic factors associated with undergoing surgery for early-stage pancreatic cancer
- Disparities in colorectal cancer death rates take a large economic toll
- Research points to why some colorectal cancers recur after treatment
- Blood test detects when hormone treatment for breast cancer stops working
- New model helps predict breast cancer risk in Hispanic women
- Environmental factors may contribute to the development of some childhood cancers
- Researchers develop 'killer cells' to destroy cancer in lymph nodes
- Researchers call for investment in cancer control in low- and middle-income countries
- Melanoma's genetic trajectories are charted in new study
- Blood sample new way of detecting cancer
- Lung cancer surgery can be beneficial for high-risk patients with early stage disease
- Study of breast cancer metastasis upends conventional wisdom, suggesting new treatment strategy
- Researchers strive to improve breast cancer treatment
- Breast cancer adjuvant therapy benefit can wax and wane over time, study finds
- Simple test predicts response to chemotherapy in lung cancer patients
- Ovarian cancer risk depends on reproductive factors
- Changes urged to radiotherapy practice that could save NHS tens of millions per year
- Mysterious cancer spreads from tapeworm to human
- 'Liquid biopsy' promotes precision medicine by tracking patient's cancer
- New research could help in the fight against infection, cancer and allergies
- Chemotherapy-induced hearing loss affects cognition in pediatric brain tumor survivors
- When pregnant women get cancer, what happens to their babies?
- Study: Only 1 in 5 US pancreatic cancer patients get this key blood test at diagnosis
October 2015
- Test could predict whether breast cancer will spread to the brain
- Alcohol intake increases the risk of breast cancer
- More than 11 moles on your arm could indicate higher risk of melanoma
- Highly reliable urine test developed for the early detection of a common type of bladder cancer
- A new way to starve lung cancer?
- New test could make chemo unnecessary for many with testicular cancer
- The dilemma of screening for prostate cancer
- Double enzyme hit may explain common cancer drug side effect
- Lack of referrals for suspected cancer leads to more deaths
- Malaria protein shows potential as cancer treatment
- Breast cancer drug beats superbug
- Scientists find cause of reduced drug sensitivity in HER2-positive breast cancer
- Ethnic groups receive different treatment for breast cancer
- Destructive disease shows potential as a cancer treatment
- Cancer survivors often have poor diets, which can affect their long-term health
- Identification of genetic features in breast cancer subtype may help guide therapy
- Blood cancers: Half-matched donor bone marrow transplant may be as good as full match
- Two-hit therapy for breast tumors using approved drugs looks promising in animal study
- Online advertising can deliver targeted cancer prevention messages
- Predictive model could help guide choices for breast cancer therapies
- Single mastectomy is a more cost-effective treatment for nonhereditary cancer in one breast than removing both breasts
- Research calls for stricter screening recommendations for family history of colon cancer
- Routine use of laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer still to be established
- Researcher calls for changes to colorectal cancer screening guidelines
- Patients with melanoma skin cancers don't regularly perform thorough skin self-exams
September 2015
- Underdetection, not overdiagnosis, is the real problem in breast cancer screening
- Sniffing out cancer with improved 'electronic nose' sensors
- Researchers develop effective program targeting first-degree relatives of colorectal cancer
- New prostate cancer treatments could target metabolism
- Treatment-free intervals in ovarian cancer not linked to initial response
- U.S. cervical cancer screening practices show room for improvement
- Metastatic breast cancer cells turn on stem cell genes
- Scientists use microchip approach to visualize human breast cancer proteins
- Researchers develop a likely new combo treatment for the deadliest form of brain cancer
- Men with unaggressive prostate tumors 'unlikely to develop, die from prostate cancer'
- Cellular recycling complexes may hold key to chemotherapy resistance
- To tailor cancer treatment: Study uses computer simulation to model patient cancer DNA
- Newly engineered CAR T cells can better discriminate between cancer and normal cells
August 2015
- Scientists identify possible key in virus, cancer research
- Childhood Cancer: Don't Look Away
- Heart Drug Linked to Extra Years for Cancer Patients
- Study Suggests Some Treatment For Early Breast Cancer Is Unnecessary
- Endometrial cancer on the rise in U.S., black women most at risk
- Obesity drives breast cancer by altering fatty tissue
- Progress Against Cancer: Hope Conquering Hype
- A Fuller Life After Rectal Cancer Treatment
- A Mouthwash Rinse May Predict Throat Cancer Recurrence
- Daily Coffee May Boost Colon Cancer Survival
- Another Side Effect of Cancer: Suicidal Thoughts
- For Cancer-Detecting Canines, The Nose Knows
- Low Hanging Fruit: Cervical Cancer And How The US Is Falling Behind
- Memory Problems Due to 'Cancer Brain' and Not 'Chemo Brain'?
- Tell-tale biomarker detects early breast cancer in NIH-funded study
- More women than ever are surviving ovarian cancer, study finds
- A Cutting-Edge Fertility Technique For Pediatric Cancer Patients
- Tool Could Limit Invasive Colorectal Cancer Screening
- Researchers find mutations that contribute to rare blood cancer
- Spirituality May Benefit Cancer Patients
- Skin cancer can be deadly, but in less severe cases may cause scarring
- How chronic inflammation can lead to cancer
- Combo Treatment May Boost Survival With Advanced Prostate Cancer
- Effective Ovarian Cancer Treatment Is Underused, Study Finds
- Urine test for early-stage pancreatic cancer could help save hundreds of lives
- There's a vaccine to prevent some cancers. So why aren't adolescents getting it?
- Exercise In Your Teen Years Pays Off, According To New Study
JULY 2015
- How Will Open-Source Research Help Cure Cancer?
- Five subtypes of prostate cancer identified, paving way for more personalized treatments
- Rehab Before Cancer Treatment Can Help Patients Bounce Back
- When Cancer Triggers (or Hides) an Eating Disorder
- Vulnerable populations often miss cancer warning signs
- Doctors Press For Action To Lower 'Unsustainable' Prices For Cancer Drugs
- Here's the Amount of Exercise That Lowers Breast Cancer Risk
- Too Much Sitting May Raise a Woman's Cancer Risk
- Prenatal tests can now reveal whether a mom-to-be has cancer
- Hope and Resilience: How Parents Cope With a Child's Cancer
- Melanoma is the most serious form of skin cancer
- Despite National Progress, Colorectal Cancer Hot Spots Remain
- 'Genuine Change' in US Prostate Cancer Management
- Fred Hutch president: Cancer cure could come in ten years
- Oncologists Worry About Rising Costs of Cancer Treatment
JUNE 2015
- Beating cancer: What comes next for survivors?
- A virtual "walk" through the colon could detect cancer earlier
- Diagnosing prostate cancer—PSA testing, biomarkers and beyond
- Doctors Propose Tool to Help Gauge the Value of Cancer Drugs
- The Versatile E-Nose Detects Everything From Cat-Poop Coffee To Cancer
- Conquering Cancer: Personalized Medicine Is the Future
- Mayo Clinic research looks at turning off cancer's growth
- 8 signs of breast cancer women need to observe
- Avocados Provide Clue to Fighting Cancer, New Study Shows
- Death toll from smoking goes way beyond lung cancer, study says
- This Trans Man's Breast Cancer Nightmare Exemplifies The Problem With Transgender Health Care
- How to protect yourself from skin cancer
- Battling cancer with exercise, nutrition and mental health
- Some child cancer survivors face long-term physical, emotional challenges
- The Same Probiotic That’s In Your Yogurt Could Detect Liver Cancer
- Scientists Develop Way to Stop Breast Cancer from Spreading
- Mom’s Diet During Pregnancy Can Affect Child’s Lifetime Cancer Risk
- The W.H. Must Do More for Older LGBT Cancer Survivors
- Study: Vaccine against cervical cancer might work after just 1 shot instead of 3
- Life after cancer
- Prenatal testing may detect early-stage maternal cancer, study says
- Cancer survivors celebrate life
- National Cancer Survivors Day
- How Does A Normal Cell Become A Cancer Cell?
- Local mom's message about breast cancer goes viral
- The Three Reasons So Many People are Getting Cancer (Op-Ed)
- Breast cancer screening cuts chance of dying from disease by 40%, says experts
- 10 Things Those With Breast Cancer Need To Know
- On The Death Of Beau Biden, Brain Cancer, Progress And Hope
- Pairing of Two Bristol-Myers Drugs Sees Success in Battling Skin Cancer, Study Says
- Cancer drug combination 'shrinks 60% of melanomas'
MAY 2015
- Long-term death rate among childhood cancer survivors falls by half
- Harvard medical professor: Big data and analytics help cure cancer
- Obesity 'causes one in five cancer deaths'
- CimaVax EGF, Cuba's Lung Cancer Vaccine, Is Coming To America (And That's Just The Beginning)
- Scientists trace cancer-causing chemical in drinking water back to methadone
- Cold sore virus 'treats skin cancer'
- Ovarian cancer biomarkers found
- Doctors Aren't Recommending Colon Cancer Tests To Those Who Need It Most
- Expert advises people to stay aware of skin cancer
- Ex-MLB pitcher and Western Mass. native Mike Trombley: Take skin cancer seriously
- Shoreline women in up-close-and-personal emotional documentary, ‘Cancer? Seriously?’
- Lisa Royle's Viral Breast Cancer Selfie Could Aid Early Detection
- Are gene flaws key to treating advanced prostate cancer?
- How a Childhood Vaccine Reduces Risk of a Cancer
- Surgical breakthrough preserves fertility after cervical cancer
- New Test Improves Accuracy of PSA, Prostate Cancer Detection
- Cancer screening: An example of when less can be more, experts say
- Human ingenuity takes on cancer’s Darwinian ways
- Cancer may leave early warning signs in cheek cells
- Study: Tobacco use a cause of childhood poverty
- UN health agency devotes World No Tobacco Day 2015 to combatting illegal tobacco trade
- No Tobacco Day May 31 / Anti-Drug Event May 30
- Tobacco firms get partial win over claims on smoking effects
- Big Tobacco goes into battle over plain packaging
- Smoking Rates Are Down, But A Different Type Of Tobacco Use Is On The Rise
- FDA Denies R.J. Reynolds Request to Weaken Smokeless Tobacco Warning
- Do e-cigarettes really help smokers quit tobacco? Evidence not there, study finds
- May 31 is World No Tobacco Day
- FDA has summer to finalize tobacco deeming regs, Senate Dem says
- MRI might predict breast cancer risk in some women
- Cancer-fighting Harvard student looks to a future in STEM
- Skin cancer victim shares shocking selfie of painful scabs and blisters in stark warning against using sunbeds
- 5 myths about breast cancer
- Cuba has a lung cancer vaccine - and America wants it
- Cancer care may get easier
- Skin cancer awareness and prevention
- Hospital's new ultrasound system to improve breast cancer detection
- It's World Ovarian Cancer Day, and here are 8 things you need to know about this disease
- Survival odds improving for ovarian cancer
- What cancer patients need to know
- Cancer drug spending tops $100 Billion, up 10% in a year
- May is National Skin Cancer Awareness Prevention month
- IBM collaborates with 14 cancer institutes to decipher genomic data
- New cancer drugs are expensive, but price control are misguided
- Americans still skip life-saving cancer tests
- Cancer survivor designs cards that say all the right things
- Identifying skin cancer: 37 photos you need to see
- New ovarian cancer test twice as effective as existing methods
- New video warns firefighters of cancer dangers
- Breastfeeding reduces the risk of breast cancer
- We can win the war on cancer
- Worse survival after lung cancer surgery for residents of poor neighborhoods
- May is National Skin Cancer Awareness Month
- Changes in the blood can predict cancer years in advance
APRIL 2015
- Bodily changes can signal ovarian cancer
- The future of cancer: closer to a cure
- Cancer rates among patients with hepatitis C are increased compared to those not infected
- Cuba has had a lung cancer vaccine for years
- Tanning salons boast health benefits in bogus ad campaigns: officials
- Insurance coverage for mammograms jeopardized by new guidelines, congresswoman and breast cancer survivor says
- Overconsumption of vitamins and supplements increases risk of cancer: doctor
- Colorectal cancer: what you should know
- Could broccoli protect against cancer?
- 8 ways to significantly lower your chance of ever getting cancer
- New blood test shows promise in cancer fight
- The state of the cancer nation
- AstraZeneca reports strong progress with cancer drugs ahead of results
- Study sparks debate on accuracy of genome tests for cancer patients
- The oral cancer risk you might not know about
- Being fit at midlife seems to reduce cancer risk later
- Big bills a hidden side effect of cancer treatment
- Breath test might spot stomach cancer risk
- Muscle-building supplements increase risk of testicular cancer
- 17% of women diagnosed with breast cancer 'waited over a month to see GP'
- Israeli team finds two proteins that can suppress cancer
- HPV vaccine in men would save costs of treating throat cancer
- Why some doctors hesitate to screen smokers for lung cancer
- Why survival rate is not the best way to judge cancer spending
- Can cancer be stopped?: One of the world’s most decorated doctors on the remarkable progress made and the daunting road ahead
- How dogs can help diagnose prostate cancer
- Sound waves could help detect hard-to-find cancer cells
- Discovery of brain cancer cell weakness may improve treatment
- Research: genes could be key in the cancer fight
- Personalized cancer vaccines have already helped treat three patients
- Fitness affects men’s cancer risks, survival rates
- Can we beat cancer at its own game?
- U.S. cancer incidence & mortality are mostly stable or decreasing
- Removal of ovaries, fallopian tubes to reduce cancer risk becoming more common
- Experimental cancer drug shrinks tumors by half: study
MARCH 2015
- Easier screening tests for colon cancer
- What I hope everyone learns from PBS' big cancer documentary
- Report finds troubling breast cancer rates in black women
- New data helps doctors zero in on breast cancer risks, treatments
- The condition cancer research is in
- Ken Burns tackles history of cancer
- Colon cancer patient 'poster boy' for regular screening
- Diabetes, Advanced Breast Cancer Linked in Study
- '60 Minutes' examines polio as cancer treatment
- Colon cancer is preventable; people need to get screened
- Ovarian cancer treatment set to improve following biomarker discovery
- Angelina Jolie can’t raise cancer awareness alone
- Consuming three alcoholic drinks a day may cause liver cancer – study
- Top weedkiller could cause cancer. Should we be scared?
- Stats split on progress against cancer
- Fetuses reacting to moms' smoking
- New PBS cancer documentary filmed at Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Smoking may be linked to prostate cancer's return
- Do we need to end the 'war' on cancer?
- Meet Harlem's $238 million cancer killer
- Dana-Farber study questions benefits of online genetic testing
- Throat, tonsil and tongue cancer might be linked to oral sex
- Fitbit CEO: Wearables aren’t a cancer concern
- Cancer study: Genomes may predict aspirin's benefits
- Google wins patent for wristband that could treat
- At Eat4Life, local chefs crusade for Colon Cancer Awareness Month with gut-friendly recipes
- Obesity raises women's risk of seven cancers by 40%: 18,000 women develop disease each year as a result of being overweight
- Breast biopsies leave room for doubt, study finds
- Lost in transition after cancer
- No Butts About It: There’s cancer on the lunch line for Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
- Breaking down barriers to cancer care
- 'Love Your Butt' Campaign encourages you to get screened for colon cancer
- Japanese scientists are developing a way to detect cancer using worms and urine
- Princess Reema launches historic breast cancer awareness campaign for Saudi women
- Tetanus vaccine boosts cancer vaccine in fighting brain tumor
- New guidelines help doctors help cancer patients quit smoking
- Is the cost of cancer killing us?
- Why a powerful cancer drug only helps some patients
- Vegetarian diet may cut colon cancer
- Experimental treatment puts terminal B.C. cancer patient into remission after 5 weeks
- How to nudge people toward smarter cancer-screening decisions
- Doctors study tumors’ genetic makeup to guide cancer treatment
- Plant-based diet, with fish, may lower risk of colorectal cancer
- More evidence breast cancer and prostate cancer cluster in families
- Your body, after cancer
- A breakthrough treatment for lung cancer approved
- What every firefighter's spouse should know about cancer
- New cancer treatments target disease-causing mutations
- How a group of lung cancer survivors got doctors to liste
FEBRUARY 2015
- Want to cut your cancer risk? Lose that weight
- A faster way to try many drugs on many cancers
- Colon cancer's location may be factor in survival
- New HPV vaccine promises to eradicate 90 percent majority of cervical cancer
- Decline in smoking rates could increase deaths from lung cancer
- Small molecule might help reduce cancer in at-risk population, study finds
- More-accurate cancer tests based on computer math
- Eat your fruits and veggies. That’s a good way to help prevent cancer
- We can practice cancer prevention every day
- US initiative aims to improve cancer care, cut costs
- Hormone replacement therapy raises new cancer concern
- Ground-breaking lung cancer breath test in clinical trial
- Tim Cook on Apple watch: 'Sitting is the new cancer'
- Eisai expects new cancer drug to bring in $1 billion a year by 2020
- Uncovering cancer’s metabolic quirks
- Broadcast schedule: "Living Cancer" series
- Harnessing the immune system to fight cancer
- Preventing cancer upstream: California's safer consumer products program
- Rejected prostate cancer drug 'extends life'
- Breath of fresh air: Medicare to cover lung cancer screening
- The future of cancer: ‘Not beyond us,’ if we look behind us
- World Cancer Day: Life after recovery
- World Cancer Day 2015: For some, surviving cancer is a journey not a race
- Breast cancer death rates drop dramatically over 20 years
- Pfizer's breast cancer drug approved two months early by FDA
- Lung cancer kills more women than breast cancer in developed world
- World Cancer Day: Do you know what the biggest cause of cancer is?
- A boy who had cancer faces measles risk from the unvaccinated
- What you should know about pancreatic cancer
- Meet cologuard: the colon cancer test you can take home
- Scientists discover more potential biomarkers of early pancreatic cancer
JANUARY 2015
- Prostate Cancer: What are the symptoms and risk factors?
- Researchers find reason pancreatic cancer resists chemotherapy drug
- In the way cancer cells work together, a possible tool for their demise
- Sugary drinks tied to earlier periods, higher breast cancer risk
- Fitness a key weapon against some cancers
- Myriad genetics ending patent dispute on breast cancer risk testin
- Constant heartburn could be a sign of stomach, esophageal cancer
- Life before and life after cancer
- Lifestyle changes to help reduce the risk of breast cancer
- Partnership between U-M and WCC photography students helps cancer patients cope
- The problem with beating cancer
- Designed molecules trap cancer cells in deadly cages
- ‘Hidden’ high levels of cancer-causing formaldehyde found in e-cigarettes
- This drink could protect you from skin cancer
- City rushes to rid water of cancer-causing agent after oil spill
- Obama vows more research to cure cancer, diabetes
- Routine screening for cervical cancer urged
- HPV or Pap: Which test is best for cervical cancer?
- Gene may explain why pancreatic cancer is so aggressive
- Fewer patients with advanced colon cancer getting surgery
- Heart risk factors tied to uterine cancer risk
- Vitamin D may boost colon cancer survival
- New drug Opdivo successfully ends lung cancer trial
- Potential new drug target for combating chemo-resistant cancer cells
- Long-term flu shot, cancer cure are almost a reality: Mount Sinai chief
- Will HPV test replace Pap in detecting cervical cancer?
- Warning: that tan could be hazardous
- Scientists identify new gene that drives triple-negative breast cancer
- NHS to rein in cost of Cancer Drugs Fund
- Deeper family history may shed light on prostate cancer risk, study shows
- Specialists split over HPV test's role in cancer screening
- New policy statement issued on e-cigarettes by cancer organizations
- Anger as fund cuts six breast cancer drugs
- The cheaper cancer drug that could pave the way for much more affordable medicine
- Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer
- Novel Imaging Technique Improves Prostate Cancer Detection
- Your chances of surviving cancer may depend on where you live
- Cancer death rates down
- Groundbreaking Study Reveals The Main Reason Behind Most Cases Of Cancer
